| Manchester United | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | David James |
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | | DR | Ben Thatcher |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | S1 | DR | Danny Mills |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S1 | MD | Darren Fletcher | S2 | MD | Kiki Musampa |
| S3 | MD | Alan Smith | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Andy Cole |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | S3 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Roy Keane | S1 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| S3 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S3 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Stuart Pearce |